I don’t think we can hold out too much hope for the one even if the trailer looks dumb but potentially a lot of fun. Oren Peli had a massive hit with Paranormal Activity in 2007, and he was supposed to follow-it up with another found footage tale, Area 51, a couple of years later.
However first there was a delay in getting it shot, and then since being completed it’s sat of the shelf for years (it went in front of the cameras six years ago), with Paramount seemingly unsure what to do with it. It’s the sort of lack of confidence that suggests it may be a stinker.
However now it’s finally getting a small US cinema release on the same day it hits VoD on May 15th, and we can get a taste with the trailer.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘The film follows Reid, who has always been obsessed with UFOs. While on a weekend trip to Vegas, he convinces two friends to join him on a mission to break into Area 51, where they find terrifying proof of alien presence. Starring Reid Warner, Jamel King, Ben Rovner and Jelena Nik.’ [Read more…]
Star Wars Rogue One is set to shoot this year but it still needs to complete its cast. Felicity Jones is already aboard and Ben Mendelsohn was recently rumoured to be joining her.
After a whole host of high profile actors passed on the Point Break remake, the producers settled on Luke Bracey and Edgar Ramirez and be their new Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. They may not be big names, but they’re good actors, so hopefully that will count.
Tom Cruise and Doug Liman had a great time working together on Edge Of Tomorrow, so much so that in January they announced that they were reuniting for the crime thriller Mena.
Phil Lord & Chris Miller are kings of taking on ideas that many people thought could never work and turning them into massively successful film, whether it’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street or The Lego Movie. Now they’re hoping to do it again, as Sony has revealed they’re working on an animated Spider-man film.
With a UK exclusive for BGPS, Old Dogs & New Tricks creator Leon Acord chats to actress Rutanya Alda, giving their take on the cult phenomenon that is Mommie Dearest.
Sometimes you don’t need a long time to make a good point. Long Exposure is only two minutes long but even so it makes you think – while also raising the blood pressure with its focus on a barely-dressed man whose face we never seen.
In the last few years the X-Men comics have been fairly LGBT inclusive, but the gay or bisexual characters have all been characters only fans would know well. However that’s now changed as leaked pages from the latest issue of All-New X-Men reveals that Bobby ‘Iceman’ Drake is gay.